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MD-243326
Pyrite, Calcite
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Cabinet, 11.5 x 9.0 x 5.0 cm
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China has recently provided us with an amazing variety of calcite specimens of all habits, colors and sizes. This striking cabinet specimen features a multitude of glassy, translucent, light amber, nail-head calcite crystals with incredible oriented overgrowths of pyrite microcrystals. Nearly every calcite crystal has pyrite on it. The riveting primary crystal is 4.2 cm across.